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CHARLES ETHAN PORTER (1847 - 1923)
Untitled (Bag of Cherries)
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Oil on canvas, mounted to thick cardstock, circa 1885. 230x300 mm; 9x12 inches. Signed in oil,
lower right.
Provenance: private NewYork collection.
This charming oil is similar in size and painterly focus to other fruit still lifes Porter painted after
his return from Paris in 1884.Another small composition of cherries is in the collection of Harmon
and Harriet Kelley, San Antonio.
[6,000/9,000]